Instant messenger shortcuts list
May 4th, 2008 | View Comments
Instant messaging is one of the daily activities, whether it is a webmaster, or a blogger, or a normal web surfer. People chat through many messengers like Yahoo Messenger, MSN messenger, Skype, AIM, Gtalk etc. Most of the time is wasted chatting with friends, putting up unnecessary talks etc. So why not lessen the time spent here by practicing more instant messaging shortcuts?
For total of 100 characters shortened to 40 characters, it is some good time saved.
Here are some good instant messaging shortcuts that people use very frequently and others should practice using them while messaging.
- g2g – got to go
- lol – laughing out loud
- sry – sorry
- ttyl – talk to you later
- brb – be right back
- bbl – be back later
- omg – oh my god!
- l8r – later
- idk – i don’t know
- nm – nothing much
- tc – take care
- afk – away from keyboard
- nvm – never mind
- lmao – laughing my a*s off
- tom – tomorrow
- b4n – bye for now
- gr8 – great
- oic- oh! I see
- pls or plz – please
- sos – same old sh*t
Those were the one’s which i normally use, any suggestions from all of you?
May 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Good list chetan i use many of them myself.
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May 4th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Wow..This is really a wonderful post for the abrevation lovers like me. Thanks fore sharing!!!
May 4th, 2008 at 10:37 am
Hmm…nice list, I use a lot myself, but I got to know quite a few here. Thanks for the post!
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May 4th, 2008 at 10:54 am
I want more to read – I would take it as a SEO post more than extensive list of short cuts
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May 4th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Hmm, so will have to find out a big list then. As these were the one’s which i normally use while chatting.
May 4th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
wow now thats a huge quick list
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
That is a nice list chetan, some new shortcuts understood today.
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:33 pm
Here are some more:
ROFL – rolling on the floor laughing
ROFLMAO – rolling on the floor laughing my a$$ off
WTF – what the $#!@
That’s about it, I don’t really use those “shortcuts”. I prefer typing everything. That’s what you call exercise!
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May 4th, 2008 at 12:38 pm
WTF! I forgot adding this. I send this very frequently to all my friends when i see some shocking news!
May 4th, 2008 at 2:51 pm
how about DND = Do Not Disturb
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May 5th, 2008 at 6:09 am
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May 5th, 2008 at 7:32 am
u can use SOS – some one on shoulder
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May 5th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
How about posting the list of emoticons… There used to be some cool ones that were hidden. But I think that list is available somewhere on Yahoo site itself.
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May 5th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Hey Varun, I did not know this at all – the SOS one & even the DND one Hussein. Good info pouring in here, I would use them in chat now.. Hehe!
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May 6th, 2008 at 2:11 am
You forgot
STFU – shut the f*** up
DND – very important, no one ever listens to it on my list
alskdfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff – this user has just fallen asleep on the keybard XD
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May 6th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Here’s the list of hidden emotions available for YIM … makes easy and fun while chatting wid frds on yahoo
http://messenger.yahoo.com/features/hiddenemoticons
May 6th, 2008 at 9:07 am
Exactly that’s what I was talking about Puneet!
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May 6th, 2008 at 9:35 am
haven’t heard about this one anytime “SOS – some one on shoulder” seems to b a new invention … lol
from those in post i didn’t knew many … good new shortcuts list out here.
one more from me which i use while chat wen i do timepass online …
TP = Time Pass
May 6th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Found some new shortcuts here….and thanks Puneet for the Emoticons link
May 18th, 2008 at 9:50 am
Puneet – That’s great. Thanks for the url.
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June 28th, 2008 at 7:47 am
A J
AFAIK As Far As I Know JK Joke/Just Kidding
AFK Away From Keyboard K HAGU Have A Good ‘Un
AKA Also Known As K Okay IC I See
AOL America online L LTS Laughing To Self
ALOL Actually Laughing Out Loud L Laughing OTTOMH Off The Top of My Head
ASAP As Soon As Possible /last/LAST Last post PDS Please Don’t Shoot
ATM At Moment L8R (see you) Later PMFJI Pardon Me For Jumping In
AWOL Absent Without Leave LTNS Long time no see POAHF Put On A Happy Face
B LOL Laughing Out Loud Poof Has left the chat room.
B4 Before M SETE Smiling Ear To Ear
B4N Bye for Now MOTD Message Of The Day SWL Screaming with Laughter
BAK Back at Keyboard MSG Message
BBIAB Be back in a bit N
BBL Be Back Later NM Never Mind
BBN Bye Bye now NP No Problem
BBS Be Back Soon NW No Worries
BBSL Be Back Sooner or Later NRN No Response Necessary
BFN Bye For Now O
BKA Better Known As OIC Oh, I see!
BRB Be Right Back OMG Oh My God
BRT Be Right There OTOH On The Other Hand
BTW By The Way P
C PC Politically Correct / Personal Computer
CIS CompuServe PI Politically Incorrect
CU See You PLS Please
CUL See you Later PM Private Message
CNP Continued in Next Post POV Point Of View
CP Chat Post Q
CUL See you Later QSL Reply
CUL8ER See you Later QSO Conversation
CYA See YA R
CYO See You Online RE Hello again
D RL Real Life
DL Download RT Real Time
E ROTFL Rolling On The Floor Laughing
EMSG Email Message RSN Real Soon Now
F S
F2F Face to Face S Smiling
FAQ (the answers to)Frequently Asked Questions SO Significant Other
FTF Face To Face S/W Shareware / Software
FWIW For What It’s Worth SYS see you soon
FYA For Your Amusement T
FYI For Your Information TA Thanks again
G TIC Tongue in cheek
GFN Gone for now TCOB Taking care of business
GA Go Ahead TNX Thanks
GG Good Game TIA Thanks In Advance
GGN Got to Go Now TPTB The Powers That Be
GIGO Garbage in, garbage out TTFN Ta-Ta For Now
GMTA Great Minds Think Alike TTYL Talk To You Later
GR8 Great TTYS Talk to you soon
GTRM Going To Read Mail TYVM Thank You Very Much
GUI Graphics User Interface (Like Windows/Macintosh) U
H U You
HTH Hope This Helps UL Upload
HAGN Have a good night W
HAGU Have a good ‘un W/ With
HW Hardware W/O Without
I WB Welcome Back
IAC In Any Case WTH Who/What the heck
IANAL I Am Not A Lawyer (however..) WTG Way To Go
ICBW I Could Be Wrong WYSIWYG What You See Is What You Get
IIRC If I Recall/Remember Correctly Y
IM Immediate/Instant Message YBS You’ll be sorry
IMO In my opinion YG Young gentleman
IMAO In My Arrogant Opinion YL Young Lady
IMHO In My Humble Opinion YM Young Man
IMNSHO In My Not-So-Humble Opinion Z
IOW In Other Words ZZZZ Sleeping / tired / bored
IRL In Real Life
IYKWIM If You Know What I Mean
July 10th, 2008 at 9:47 pm
tvf= that’s very funny
this is to replace lol
September 6th, 2008 at 5:20 pm
W.E.M.L = What Ever Major Loser
June 15th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
nice list but you forgot POS. POS= parent over shoulder